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(No Model.)

W. S.DOAN.

GAR GOUPLING. A No. 358,190. Y. l Patented Feb. 22, 1887.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

WILLIAM S. DOAN, OF SAORAMENTQ-OALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WALLACE DOAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 358,190, dated February 22, 1887.

Application filed July 26,1886. Serial No. $209,171. (No model.)

[o for guiding the link to its position in the opposing draw-head and for controlling the insertion and removal of the coupling-pin, as I shall hereinafter fully describe.

The object of my invention is to provide a x simple and practicable means by which the coupling and uncoupling of the cars may be effected without having to handle the links and pins directly, thereby avoiding the necessity of going between the cars.

2O Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my car-coupling. p Fig. 21s a vertical longitudinal section of same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan.

25- A is the draw-head, of the usual character,

which is attached to the car in the customary manner, said draw-head having a chamber, a, in which the link B is fitted.

C is the couplingpin, which passes down through the draw-head and couples the link therein. These parts are practically those of the ordinary couplings now in use.

Upon the draw-head' are vertical standards or flanges D, to the rear inner surfaces of which are secured or formed slotted horizontal guides d, in which a cross pin or bolt, c, of a lever, E, is mounted and adapted to operate. The forward end of the lever E is slotted, and the couplingpin O is formed with a backwardly 40 and downwardly bent end, c, which passes through the slot of the lever, and is secured thereinby a crosspin, c.

F is abar or rodpassing transversely through and secured in the lever E. It passes, also,

through curved slots d in the standards or flanges D. To the ends of this bar-or rod are secured levers G by means of a double pivotjoint, (shown at 9,) whereby said levers are adapted to have aplay which will enable them end of the car, independent of the movement of the spring-mounted draw-head.

The ends of the levers G are provided with handles g, whereby they may be pushed in or out or oscillated. These handles are at the side of the car and within convenient reach of the brakeman. The pin or bolt e, at the rear end of the lever E, is shorter than the distance between the flanges or standards D, whereby it may be moved longitudinally, thus allowing the lever E to move sidewise between the fianges or standards, and the slotted guides d, in which the cross piu or bolt is mounted, are long enough to permit said bolt to move back and forth therein in the direction of their length, so that the lever E maybe raised up and down about Said bolt or pin as a pivotal center. The coupling-pin Chas its lower portion, as shown at c2, somewhat squaredin form, and is provided with beveled shoulders c3, so that when it passes through the coupling-link and rests itsshoulders thereon, and is then oscillated and raised or lowered, it will vibrate said link in a horizontal and a vertical plane. At the forward ends of the slotted guides are made depressions di, into which the cross-pin e, when moved to its forward limit, is adapted to drop, whereby the lever Eis held in a raised position. l

The operation of my coupling is as follows: By turning the handle g2 on the end of the lever G the rod F is turned axially, so as to raise the lever E about its bolt or pin e as a center, thereby lifting the couplingpin O out of its socket and freeing the coupling-link. This movement of the coupling-pin is perfectly vertical, for the reason that the lever E, in rising, draws forward its pin or bolt ein the slotted guides d, while the rod F moves upward in its curved guide-slots d in the anges or standards D. The pin is held elevated by reason of the dropping of the cross pin or bolt e in the depressions cl2 in the forward ends of the slotted guides d. The link B may now be inserted in the draw-head, and when in place under the pin the handle g2 is turned back again, whereby the cross pin or bolt e is forced back out of its depression d2 and the lever E is allowed to fall to a hori- 5o to be sustained by their guidestaples gon the zontal position, thus allowing the pin to move roo down and engage the coupling-link by passing through it.

In order to properly guide and direct the link as it approaches the opposing drawhead, the brakeman has only to push thc lever G longitudinally in either direction and slightly turn it at the same time, by which movements the rod F is moved back and forth through its curved guides and turned axially, thus moving the lever Il sidcwise and vertically, its pi vot pin or bolt c being short enough and having a travel for this purpose, and the coupling-pin C is thereby oscillated slightly and raised orlowered. This oscillation and vertical movement of the pin produces a horizontal and vertical vibration of the coupling-link, which enables it to be accurately guided into the opposing` draw-head.

For permitting the vertical vibration of the link to take place easily, the rear of the floor of the draw-head chamber is hollowed out, so that the beveled shoulders of the pin C may eile-ct the perfect rocking of the link.

The connection ofthe upper end ofthe coupling-pin with the slotted forward end of the lever E is of sufficient length or depth to hold the pin well in position and prevent any undue side motion, so that its lower end passes own accurately to its engagement with the ink.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In acarconpling,and in combination with the coupling-link, a coupling-pin having a squared lower portion engaging the link, whereby the oscillation of the pin effects the vibration of the link in order to direct it into the opposing draw-head, and a connection comprising a longitudinally-sliding rod extending from between the cars to'the outside for effecting the oscillation of the pin, substantially as described.

2. Inaear-coupling,andincombinationwith the coupling-link, a vertically-adjustable coupling-pin having a squared portion, c2, enter'- ing the link, and beveled shoulders c, resting thereon, and a connection comprising a longitudinally-sliding rod engaging the pin, by which said pin is oscillatcd and vertically moved for vibrating the link and properly directing it, substantially as described.

3. In a car-coupling, the coupling-link B and the pin C, engaging said lilik and adapted by its oscillation to vibrate it, for the purpose described, in combination with a longitudinally-sliding rod connected with the pin and extending from between the cars, whereby the pin is oscillated, substantially as described.

4. In a carcoupling, the coupling-link B and the coupling-pin C, having a squared portion, c2, engaging the link, whereby its oscillation vibrates said link, in combination with a laterallyanoving and adjustably-pivoted lever connected with the piu, and a rod connected with the lever, whereby the pin may be oseillatcd, substantially as described.

5. In a carcoupling, the drawhcad Aand the link B, seated therein loosely, so as to have a vertical rocking movement, in combination with the vertically-adjustable coupling-pin C, having beveled shoulders c, resting on the link, the adjustably-pivoted lever E, pivoted to the pin 0,' and the rod F, and lever G, for operating the lever to adjust the pin and rock the link, substantially as described.

(i. In a car-coupling, the vertically-moving coupling-pin C, in combination with a lever connected with said pin and having a longitudinally-sliding pivot, and a rod secured to said lever, whereby it may be raised on its pivotto elevate the coupling-pin, substantially as described.

7. In a ear-coupling, the vertically-moving coupling-pin (l, in combination with the lever E, connected with said pin, the pivot bolt or pin e in said lever, mounted and adapted to slide in its bearings, the rod F, secured to the lever ll, and the lever' G, secured to the rod F, substantially as described.

S. In a car-coupling, the draw-head A, having the side flanges or standards, I), provided with curved slots d and with horizontal slotted guides d, and the vertically-moving coupling-pin C in said draw-head, in combination with the lever E, secured to said pin at its forward end and having the cross pin or bolt e at its rear end, mounted and adapted to slide in the slotted guides d, the rod F, secured to said lever Il and passing through the curved slots d of thc standards, and the levers G, pivoted to said rod and guided along the end of the car, substantially as described.

9. In a ear-coupling, the draw-head A, the standards D, having` curved slots d and slotted guides d, with depressions d'l at the forward ends, and the vertically-adjustable coupling-pin (l, in combination with the lever E, connected with said pin and having the cross pin or bolt c at its rear end, adjustable 1ongitudinall y in the slotted guides and adapted to move forward and back into and out of the depressions thcrei 11, the rod F, secured to lever E, and passing through the curved slots d', and the lever G, pivoted to rod F, substantiall y as described.

l0. In a car-coupling, the coupling-link B andthe vcrti'cally-adjustable emailing-piu C, having a squared portion, c2, engaging said link, and beveled shoulders c", resting therein, whereby the link may be vibrated, as described, in combination with the laterally and vertically moving lever E, adjustablypivoted at its rear end and connected at its forward end with the coupling-pin, the rod F, and the levers G, by which the lever E is operated for the oscillation and elevation of the pin, sub stantially as described.

l1. In a carcoupling, the draw-head A, having the flanges or standards D, with curved slots d and horizontal slotted guides d, provided at their forward ends with depressions all, the coupling-link B, and the coupling-pin G, having the square portion c?, engaging the ICO IIO

link, and beveled shoulders c, resting therein, oted to the rod F and having handles g2 at 1o and a bent upper end, c, in combination with the sides of the car, all arranged and adapted the lever E, having a slotted forward end with to operate substantially as described.

which the bent end of the pin is connected, l In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and a cross-pin, e, at its rear end, mounted hand. and adaped to slide forward and back and end- VILLIAM S. DOAN. wise in the slotted guides d, the rod F, secured Witnesses: to said lever and passing through the curved S. H. lToURsE,

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